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New Mior and Skyfall Attacks Let Rogue Cloud Hosts Steal Secrets From AMD SEV-SNP VMs

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​Two attacks made public this week allow a malicious host to read data inside AMD SEV-SNP-protected virtual machines (VMs), which are built to keep the server’s operator out.

One of them, Mior, can also modify a VM’s memory and fake the signed report confirming which software it runs. Both need control of the server’s hypervisor, and Mior also needs control of the server’s BIOS. Researchers Two attacks made public this week allow a malicious host to read data inside AMD SEV-SNP-protected virtual machines (VMs), which are built to keep the server’s operator out.

One of them, Mior, can also modify a VM’s memory and fake the signed report confirming which software it runs. Both need control of the server’s hypervisor, and Mior also needs control of the server’s BIOS. Researchers  The Hacker News

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